News

Alexander Dennis stock meets demand

Alexander Dennis has supplied two Enviro200 low-emission buses to Rotala Group for its Preston Bus operation.

Bus & Coach
News

Thermo King introduces E-Coolpac battery solutions

Thermo King has announced its new E-Coolpac battery solutions, which allow customers to electrify trucks and trailers and use a battery genset solution for refrigerated marine containers.

Refrigeration
News

RMS returns to Asset Alliance for fleet additions

Asset Alliance Group has provided two new tankers to RMS Waste Disposal as part of a five-year purchase agreement.

Truck Efficiency
News

Study: UK fleet industry on the brink of AI boom

Almost half of UK fleet managers are either already using artificial intelligence (AI) in their fleet management or are planning to within the next five years.

Truck Efficiency
News

RHA to sponsor SOE engineering awards 2024

The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) has announced the Road Haulage Association (RHA) will be a sponsor for its Safety and Resilience in Engineering Awards 2024.

Health & Safety
News

Stanmore bolsters fleet with Isuzu Trucks

London-based utility provider Stanmore Quality Services (SQS) is taking the delivery of 25 Isuzu N75.150(E) trucks following an initial batch of 7.5-tonners.

Truck Efficiency
News

Cartwrights Waste Disposal Services expands fleet

Telford-based Cartwright Waste Disposal Services has purchased a New Generation DAF XD 410 FAN 6x2 rigid, with multicompartment trade waste bin collection truck specification.

Rigids
Features

EVer Ready

Rightly or wrongly, the pressure is building on transport operators to decarbonise and commit to the battery-electric truck route. Richard Simpson investigates what that journey involves

Electric Vehicles
Features

In it for the long haul

After rolling out the eActros 300, Mercedes-Benz has put that truck’s bigger battery-powered stablemate on the road. Lucy Radley heads to Germany to sample the 500km range-boasting eActros 600

Truck Efficiency
Features

Listen without prejudice

Successfully transitioning to battery-electric trucks requires the operator to abandon a number of preconceived ideas.

Electric Vehicles
Features

Comment: An enthusiasm for electric

We are, I believe, a conservative nation – albeit no longer in the political sense. We like what we like and when something new, or different, comes along, it is often met with resistance or apprehension.

Electric Vehicles
Features

Coaches on a charge

The combination of battery – or alternative –power and coach travel is not an easy one to achieve, but manufacturers are moving in the right direction. Steve Banner finds out the challenges that lie ahead

Electric Vehicles